Melodie Bouchaud

West Africa's new role as a transit hub for drugs headed to Europe means illegal narcotics are more readily available on the continent, a top UN official says.

The European Commission unveiled new measures to deal with the migrant crisis, but the UK and others are pushing back against some parts of the plan.

A lightning-quick heist by a team of masked robbers has befuddled investigators a week ahead of the prestigious film festival in the French Riviera city.

Thousands of migrants in the French port town of Calais are waiting for their chance to escape EU laws requiring their asylum requests be processed elsewhere.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is accused of lying about Germany’s collaboration with the US.

The Frenchman, who has spent the last 10 years in jail, was removed from Indonesia’s execution list this week pending a legal appeal.

National Front party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen allegedly squirreled away a small fortune, including $1.87 million worth of gold bars and coins.

After six people were killed during large protests Sunday in Burundi’s capital over the president’s plan to seek a third term in office, police and protesters squared off again Monday.

The company, set to launch later this year, will recreate the smell of people's boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, and children.

Rwandan authorities immediately denied the allegation, while the country's deputy representative to the UN described the charge as "baloney" on Twitter.

Demonstrators have been protesting president Pierre Nkurunziza's anticipated bid for re-election, which will defy the two-term limit imposed by the country’s constitution.

In an interview airing on French public television, Assad says that French and Syrian intelligence agencies are “in contact” despite the lack of diplomatic relations between the two countries.